Olsenella

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Olsenella is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, obligate anaerobic and non-motile bacterial genus from the family Atopobiaceae.[1][3][4][5] Olsenella is named after the microbiologist Ingar Olsen.[5][6] Olsenella bacteria are involved in endodontic infections in humans.[7]

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Olsenella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Coriobacteriia
Order: Coriobacteriales
Family: Atopobiaceae
Genus: Olsenella
Dewhirst et al. 2001[1]
Type species
Olsenella uli
(Olsen et al. 1991) Dewhirst et al. 2001
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Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[8][9][10] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[11][12][13]
Olsenella

O. profusa

O. phocaeensis

O. massiliensis

O. uli

O. porci

O. urininfantis

Olsenella

O. uli (Olsen et al. 1991) Dewhirst et al. 2001

O. porci Wylensek et al. 2021

O. phocaeensis Ricaboni et al. 2017 ex Zgheib et al. 2021

O. urininfantis Zgheib et al. 2021

O. massiliensis Zgheib et al. 2021

O. profusa Dewhirst et al. 2001

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